Michael Jones was Design
Principal for this 3.0 million sq.ft. mixed-use development adjacent to the
new international airport in Inchon, Korea. The site is bound two major
arterials with limited access. The project provides for a 529-room, 4-star
hotel, 800,000 sq. ft. 40-story landmark office building with rooftop
restaurant, 150,000 sq. ft. shopping mall, 500,000 sq. ft., 6-story
department store and 2,700-car underground parking garage. Each of the
elements may be accessed through the four-story atrium, as well as through
individual entrances located at the site's perimeter.

With wildly fluctuating tide
levels of as much as 30 feet, the site created considerable issues in the
design and engineering of the seven floors of underground construction,
which includes hotel back-of-house functions, a 20,000 sq. ft. ballroom,
grocery store and the parking garage. Further considerations included
setbacks, FAR and site density, building height limitations, site access and
project scale. Mr. Jones was involved from the initial financial feasibility
analysis through the design development phase.